Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world.
Rachel CarsonOne way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?
Rachel CarsonScience is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
Rachel CarsonWe still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe. Man's attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
Rachel Carson